Corn-planter wire



Jan. 18, 1927. 1,611,453

W. H. BQRGERS CORN PLANTER WIRE Filed June 23. 1925 mzi'fiwyew I J r. I(m Patented Jan. 18, 1927.

PATENT (.li FlCE.

WILLIAM H. BORGERS, OF MARION, SOUTH DAKOTA.

CORN-PLANTER WIRE.

Application filed June 23 This invention relates to an improved cornplanter wire, and has for its principal objcct to provide an extremelysimple and inexpensive gage which serves to accurately indicate thedegree o'li pull exerted upon the wire, whereb to pc... nit the latterto h stretched suliicientl'" taut to provide a perfeet guide in plantingthe rows cit corn, thus eliminating the liability of crooked rows Hcrosswise of the field.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification zFigure 1 is a perspective showing the man ner of using the improvedconstruction.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail elevational and sectional view showingthe particular construction.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective of the wire hook'and indicator carryingrod com-- prised in my improvement.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 1 designatesa metal stake which is pointed at its lower end to permit it to readilypenetrate comparatively hard ground. At its top, the stake is providedwith an eye tl'irough which a rod or implement may be inserted to aid inwithdrawing the stake from the ground. Attached to the central portionof the stake is a. casing On is :tace, said casing 3 is provided withgraduations 4:, indicating the number of pounds of pull. In the casing\va 1 hearing said grad .ons in an elongated slo'i. Dispo: wit 1 the clongitudinally slidable 170C. 5 provided at its outer end with a hook 6and having its opposite end directed at right angles at '7. Theextremity of the angularly directed end is flattened and provided with apolygonal aperture and the corrcspondin y shaped intermediate portion ofan indicating arrow 8 is passed through this aperture. The casing 3 isformed at one end with an opening through which the rod is slidable, anda coiled spring 9 surrounds the rod, hearing at one end against the endof easing 3, and at its opposite arm against the angular end 7 of therod. It will be noted that the indicating arrow extends crosswise of theslot, and serves to guide the inner end. portion of 1925. Serial No.39,095.

the rod; also, that the rod 5 and spring 9 are housed in casing 3 andare therefore protected against the weather. Appropriate loops 10 anprovided at one end of easing 8 for fixedly securing the casing to thestake.

In practice, the stake is driven in the ground at one side of the field,as approximately indicated in Figure 1, then thecorn planting guide wire11 is secured to the hook 6 or the rod The wire is pulled by anysuitable means, and the degree of pull is registered by he cooperatingindicating arrow and graduations. Ordinarily, a sixty pound pull will befound ideal for rendering the wire sur'iiciently taut to insure astraight row. The idea is of course to apply substantially the samedegree of pull or stress to the wires for the formation of duplicaterows. Unless the wire is stretched subsantially to the same degree eachtime, a crooked row might, and usually does, result. The gage willeliminate this, and a positively straightrow is assured. It is of courseunderstood that one or more wires and gages may be used as desired.

No doubt, an invention of this kind will be appreciated and clearlyunderstood by those skilled in the art to which the invention relates.For this reason a more lengthly description is thought unnecessary.

While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to beunderstood that minor changes in the size, shape and arrangement ofparts may he resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention, and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:-

A corn planter wire anchor and gauge, consisting essentially of a stake,a casing having loops at one end thereof receiving the stake and alsohaving an aperture in its opposite end and furth er having alongitudinal slot in one side wall and a row of graduations on the outerside of said wall in parallelisin with said slot a rod movablelongitndinally and rectilinearly through the said aperture in the endwall of the casing and having means at its outer end for the attachmentof a corn planter wire and also having at its inner end a lateral armextending ter arm and adapted to cooperate with the said graduations,and a spring surrounding the rod and housed wlth the 111:1 01 portlon ofthe rod in the casing and interposed be tween the sald lateral arm ofthe rod and the outer apertured end of the casing.

In testhnony whereof I uflix my signature.

WILLIAM H. BORGERS.

